2019 Stickered Tudor Black Bay GMT 41mm on Strap 79830RB
Ref: 79830RB
Specification
Lugs : 22mm
Condition : Stickered/Like-New
Box & Papers : Box and Papers
Case Material : Stainless Steel
Warranty : 12-Months Warranty
Points of Mention
This watch is sold with its original Tudor Box, Service box, swing tag, & Paperwork, including Rolex Service paperwork. It comes paired with its original 22mm Tudor leather strap with a signed deployant clasp. The watch is from October 2019 and is sold in like-new condition with factory stickers, coming fresh from a Rolex service, as you can see. The watch comes with our 12-Months Warranty.
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The Watch
Introduced in Baselworld 2018, it has gained much fanfare, featuring all the attributes of their dive watches with the addition of a GMT function, making it a perfect companion for the travelling explorer. Here we have a 2019 Stickered Tudor Black Bay GMT on Strap 79830RB with a 41mm stainless steel case that is polished and satin-finished; its curvaceous flanks have a polished chamfered edge leading to a lug-to-lug length of 51mm and a case thickness of 15mm giving the watch an impressive wrist presence. A bidirectional Pepsi bezel with a 24-hour scale. A large screw-down crown makes adjustment a breeze. The domed sapphire crystal protects a matt black dial with an outer minute track. Applied disc and baton indexes are filled with lume; at 12 o’clock, we have the characteristic inverted triangle. Snowflake hands are complimented with a GMT hand with a red stem and white head for excellent visibility. The Tudor motif is at 12 o’clock, and the “GMT Chronometer Officially Certified” at 6 o’clock completes this versatile traveller companion. Inside, we have the automatic Tudor MT5652, in-house COSC Certified 28 jewels, 28,800 beats per hour. It incorporates the jumping hour functionality of the GMT with the ability to adjust in 1-hour increments in both directions. It comes paired with its original 22mm Tudor leather strap with a signed deployant clasp. The watch also comes with its original Tudor presentation box, Rolex service box, swing tag, Tudor paperwork, and Rolex Service paperwork.
Personal Note
This Tudor Black Bay GMT found its way to a safe when purchased in October 2019 and that's where it remained until it found its way to me, then it went for a little trip to Tudor for a service and has retained its original stickers and is in like-new condition, now it's time for this watch to find a wrist. It's going to be hard to beat this price for the example and fresh service, so I'd snap it up today whilst you can!
The Brand
The Tudor trademark was first registered in 1926 by the Swiss watchmaking company “Veuve de Philippe Hüther” on behalf of Hans Wilsdorf, the founder of Rolex watches. Wilsdorf took it over himself in 1936. Just after the Second World War, Hans Wilsdorf, Founder of Rolex, knew that the time had come to expand and give the Tudor brand a proper identity of its own. The Tudor Rose started to appear on their dials from this time. Thus, on 6 March 1946, he created the “Montres TUDOR S.A.” company, specialising in models for both men and women. Rolex guaranteed the technical, aesthetic and functional characteristics, along with the distribution and after-sales service. In 1948, we saw the first Tudor-specific advertisement. A few years later, they introduced the TUDOR Oyster Prince in 1952. Hans Wilsdorf allowed Tudor to use their waterproof Oyster case and the original self-winding Perpetual ’rotor’ movement. This was an exclusive arrangement that benefitted both brands. Development soon commenced with the introduction of the TUDOR Oyster Prince Submariner, reference 7922, in 1954. This watch was quickly adopted by the French Navy in 1956. Building on its reputation of robustness in 1961, the Rose was replaced by the shield. Later, in 1969, we saw the design changes in Ref. 7016, where for the first time, square indexes and angular hands nicknamed “Snowflake” allowed for a greater amount of lume to be applied, and the divers of the French Navy appreciated this. Today, these innovations can be seen in the Black Bay and Pelagos collections. In 1971, Tudor introduced the Oysterdate chronographs nicknamed “Monte-Carlo” due to their resembling a roulette wheel. Celebrating their 50th anniversary in 1996. In that same year, Tudor decided to shed Rolex-signed components such as the cases, crowns and bracelets in favour of Tudor-branded ones. Today Tudor uses their in-house movements developed initially in 2015 in collaboration with Breitling.